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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/home-based-care_research-protocol.pdf
November 19, 2014 - Controlled Trials
• High quality observational
studies including:
comparative cohort studies … Study Designs: We will include studies that evaluate the effect of HBPC
interventions, including randomized … controlled trials (RCTs) and high quality
observational studies such as comparative cohort studies … Randomized trials and observational studies will be evaluated
according to criteria recommended in the … controlled trials.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/nursing-staff-shortages-rapid-research-appendix-c.xlsx
January 01, 2024 - Clinical RNs 2010 to 2020 PubMed and CINAHL 34 US Descriptive (n=27)
Qualitative (n=1)
Non-randomized … Cluster-randomized, pre- and posttest, controlled trial using parallel-groups (n=1)
Quasiexperimental … Pre-posttest design( n=5)
Mixed methods preposttest design (n=2)
One group preposttest design (n=1)
Randomized-controlled … experimental study (n=1)
Mixed-method cluster randomized controlled trial with matched pairs randomization … Cochrane risk-of-bias tool for randomized trials – version 2 (RoB-2) tool for randomized studies and
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/peripheral-nerve-blocks-final-exec-sum.pdf
August 01, 2025 - surgery is limited and
mostly of insufficient or low strength largely due to high risk of bias in
randomized … controlled trials (RCTs).
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/liver-cancer-therapy_disposition-comments.pdf
May 24, 2013 - Llovet’s randomized
trial in 2002, Llovet did include a TAE arm and
showed no difference in survival … versus symptomatic
treatment in patients with unresectable
hepatocellular carcinoma: a randomised controlled … trial. … versus
symptomatic treatment in patients with
unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma: a
randomised controlled … trial, Lancet. 2002 May
18;359(9319):1734-9.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cer-239-acute-migraine-evidence-summary.pdf
December 01, 2020 - migraine-treatments/protocol
3
Key Question (KQ) 1: Opioid Therapy
• Fifteen studies (13 randomized … controlled trials [RCTs] and 2 comparative
observational studies) with 2,208 patients were included … Limitations
For many interventions, very few or a single trial were available and most were small,
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/colorectal-cancer-staging_disposition-comments.pdf
November 20, 2014 - Peer Reviewer 4 Methods Table 12: what is a retrospective controlled trial? … controlled design. … Furthermore, we suggest mentioning the PETCAM trial, as this
randomized controlled trial seems to lack … Survival analysis of
PETCAM: a multicenter randomized controlled trial of PET/CT
versus no PET/CT for … The PETCAM trial has not been published
yet.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cesarean-birth-2010_disposition-comments.pdf
January 01, 2010 - Team midwifery care
in a tertiary level obstetric service: a randomized controlled
trial. … trial of 1299 women. … To be a site in a randomized trial, at
minimum, the leadership of units involved was invested in
the … In the included randomized studies,
trial assignment could not possibly be masked at all levels -
sites … We agree that unlike in placebo
controlled trials, the "comparator" is varied.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/obesity-child_executive.pdf
March 31, 2010 - We included only randomized controlled
trials (RCTs), quasi-experimental studies, and natural
experiments … characteristics
of the enrolled subjects, described the intervention clearly,
described the main findings, randomized … One quasi-experimental
study included only female adolescents and the other
study randomized adolescents
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/vitamin-d-calcium_executive.pdf
September 01, 2014 - primary studies using a three-grade system
(A, B, or C), evaluating each type of study design (i.e.,
randomized … controlled trial or RCT, cohort, and nested
case-control). … NICHD) and
Thrasher Research Fund Vitamin D3 Supplementation
studies—in which pregnant women were randomized … Colorectal Polyps
The B-rated WHI trial identified for the original report
was the only trial of combined … Vitamin D
supplementation during pregnancy: double-blind,
randomized clinical trial of safety and effectiveness
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cell-free-dna-disposition-comments.pdf
May 14, 2025 - The fact that KQ4 required a randomized
study (top of page 23) makes sense, but
may need to be re-emphasized … We have revised the text to further
emphasize that controlled studies were
required for eligibility … It makes a
great deal of sense to collect and monitor
these data in randomized studies so that if … This would include controlled cohort
studies. … The Consortium noted
that “randomized controlled trials(RCTs) with
mortality endpoints, which are the
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/glaucoma-treatment_executive.pdf
April 01, 2012 - controlled trials and quasi-
randomized controlled trials of medical, laser, and
incisional surgical … and quasi-randomized controlled trials. … High-quality randomized
controlled trials have also shown that reduction of
intraocular pressure slows … The Ocular
Hypertension Treatment Study: a randomized trial determines
that topical ocular hypotensive … Early Manifest
Glaucoma Trial Group. Natural history of open-angle glaucoma.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/05_depression_potential_high_impact_2012-12-10.pdf
January 01, 2012 - trial
design and outcomes thus far. … for an FDA IDE trial.
18-20
Investigators concluded from a 2010 Reclaim DBS Therapy trial of 10 … Replication of ketamine's antidepressant efficacy
in bipolar depression: a randomized controlled … add-on trial. … Controlled substance
schedules. [internet].
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/back-pain-imaging_clinician.pdf
April 01, 2016 - Since the study was not randomized or
double-blinded, there was also potential for confounding by study … of the cauda equina syn-
drome, or severe or progressive neurologic deficits.
»» Imaging after a trial
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/heart-failure-transition-care_disposition-comments.pdf
May 27, 2014 - Correct.
43 Peer Reviewer
14
General The authors identified 47 randomized controlled trials. … controlled trials are included. … Although the non-
randomized comparative studies and observational studies were
deemed eligible, none … Correct-no non-randomized or observational
studies were eligible.
111 TEP Reviewer 4 Methods Comparators … The one trial assessing a
higher intensity intervention showed efficacy1
while the one trial assessing
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/weight-loss-surgery_disposition-comments.pdf
June 05, 2013 - When we examine the emerging scientific literature on the
subject, there are a modest number of randomized … However, it is difficult to do randomized
trials of surgery and the report concludes it would be nice … Therefore, in selected patients with
inadequately controlled diabetes or other metabolic conditions … randomized trials) evaluating the effects
of bariatric surgery in diabetic patients with BMI < 35. … None needed
OAC General Therefore, in selected patients with inadequately controlled
diabetes or
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-214-afib-disposition-comments.pdf
October 30, 2019 - For example, the ratio between
persistent/permanent and paroxysmal AF differed
from trial to trial. … trial. … Newly
identified events in the RE-LY trial. … An open-
label, randomized, controlled, multicenter study
exploring two treatment strategies of rivaroxaban … in Atrial Fibrillation Trial).
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/14_substance_abuse_potential_high_impact_2012-12-11.pdf
January 01, 2012 - A larger trial is planned. … the National Clinical Trials database, the
program’s developers state that they are conducting a randomized … , controlled trial that will
investigate the Text2Quit program combined with the Smokefree.gov program … treating opioid dependence.
15,16
Buprenorphine falls into the Schedule III drug
class under the Controlled … 2011 press release, the
manufacturer stated that data from the phase III, placebo- and active-drug-controlled
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/app-d-surv-report-2-noninvasive-nonpharma.xlsx
January 01, 2021 - Veteran Affairs Rehabilitation Research and Development (Grant #RX000474)
Fair
Groessl 2020
[same trial … participation in standard back school training and psychotherapy, 4) participation in another clinical trial … Spanish language; and (3) providing
the exclusion criteria: (1)participation in a concurrent treatment trial … for Complementary and Integrative Health of the National Institutes of Health Fair
Joyce 2021
[same trial … Roseen 2020
[same trial as Saper 2017; subsequent publication] See above. See above. See above.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/app-d-surv-report-1-noninvasive-nonpharma_0.xlsx
January 01, 2021 - Veteran Affairs Rehabilitation Research and Development (Grant #RX000474)
Fair
Groessl 2020
[same trial … participation in standard back school training and psychotherapy, 4) participation in another clinical trial … Spanish language; and (3) providing
the exclusion criteria: (1)participation in a concurrent treatment trial … for Complementary and Integrative Health of the National Institutes of Health Fair
Joyce 2021
[same trial … Roseen 2020
[same trial as Saper 2017; subsequent publication] See above. See above. See above.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-usability-testing.pdf
November 01, 2018 - Anxiety disorders, Substance use disorder, Posttraumatic stress disorder: No controlled studies were … controlled trial; RR = risk ratio; SGA = second-generation antipsychotics; SMD = standardized mean difference … controlled trials
2 controlled clinical trials
1 cohort study
1 interrupted time series
7 studies evaluated … workshops for implementing an evidence-
based practice
Substance use
disorders
12 to 17
years
Controlled … primary care compared to referral to an
external program
Externalizing
behaviors
2 to 12
years
Controlled